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...solar-electric systems are more popular and affordable than ever. Last year, Americans installed 792 megawatts of residential solarsystems, enough to power the equivalent of more than 130,000 homes. In Southern California, Cheryl and Robert Boland faced...

...reconsidering requirements that utilities get a portion of their renewable energy from distributed sources such as customer solarsystems rather than large, centralized plants. That has rooftop solar installers crying foul.There are also industry concerns...

...in heavily in demand response, and it is building a 400-megawatt system of solar farms and has deployed rooftop solarsystems. Cris Eugster, the utility's chief generation and strategy officer, said such investments "teed up our need to...

...22 per month for typical home solarsystems.Solar installers say the utility...their own electricity. Rooftop solarsystems would not be economical with some...The fight has come about because solarsystems have plummeted in price and grown...

...prize for a passage in his novel "The City of Devi," in which the characters "streak like superheroes past suns and solarsystems, we dive through shoals of quarks and atomic nuclei."The passage climaxes: "In celebration of our breakthrough...

...tax credits that can impact the cost.Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the solar association, said in a statement that solarsystems have seen "dramatic price declines" in the last few years.That's good for utilities in California, which must...

...energy efficiency or quality of life like reverse osmosis water systems or luxury items like home theater systems, solarsystems, patios, lighting and anything that is a comfort to the homeowner is an industry that is truly affected by this boom...

...the search for new planets and allow the discovery of ever-smaller worlds, including those the size of Earth, in solarsystems more like our own. The newfound planet, estimated to be 11/2 times the size of Jupiter, is about 17,000 light-years...